Table 2 Spike-in experiments to evaluate the performance of theParsortix system.

From: A model workflow for microfluidic enrichment and genetic analysis of circulating melanoma cells

Sample Characteristics

CellSearch

Parsortix

Experiment ID

Sample type

Staining

Melanoma cell count

Melanoma cell count

Capture Rate (%)

Number of harvested cells

Harvest Rate (%)

1

SK-MEL-28 spiked in HD

Celltracker orange

ND

15

NA

12

80

2

SK-MEL-28 spiked in HD

Celltracker orange

ND

11

NA

8

73

3

SK-MEL-28 + HUVEC spiked in HD

Melanoma Ab cocktail

9

15

167

11

73

4

SK-MEL-28 + HUVEC spiked in HD

Melanoma Ab cocktail

13

11

85

11

100

5

SK-MEL-28 spiked in HD

Melanoma Ab cocktail

7

8

114

5

63

6

SK-MEL-28 spiked in HD

Melanoma Ab cocktail

23

32

139

24

75

7

SK-MEL-28 spiked in HD

Melanoma Ab cocktail

24

18

75

4

22

8

SK-MEL-28 spiked in HD

Melanoma Ab cocktail

18

26

144

26

100

9

SK-MEL-28 spiked in HD

Melanoma Ab cocktail

6

8

133

7

88

10

SK-MEL-28 spiked in HD

Melanoma Ab cocktail

18

13

72

7

54

11

SK-MEL-28 spiked in HD

Melanoma Ab cocktail

ND

276

NA

235

85

12

A375-MA2 spiked in HD

Melanoma Ab cocktail

584

450

77

432

96

13

A375-MA2 spiked in HD

Melanoma Ab cocktail

45

33

73

24

73

  1. Column 1: experiment ID; column 2: experiment characteristics; column 3: type of staining; column 4 and 5: number of cells captured by CellSearch or Parsortix system, respectively; column 6: capture rate expressed as the percentage of Parsortix vs. CellSearch captured cells; column 7: number of harvested cells; column 8: Parsortix harvest rate expressed as the percentage of harvested cells vs. captured cells. Ab antibody, HD healthy donor, NA not applicable, ND not done.